Chimps are taking over cinema

Last night GQ went to see Project Nim, the
excellent, heart-wrenching new documentary by Man On Wire
director James Marsh. The film follows Nim Chimpsky, a talented ape
taught sign language by a team of American scientists in the
Seventies. Then this morning the new trailer for Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes arrived - and we can't help
but notice some remarkable similarities. Note to simian scientists
(and James Franco): if they do start going tribal on us, we blame
you.

Project Nim is out on 12 August. Rise Of The Planet Of The
Apes is out on 12 August. (Yes, they're even out the same day. It's
the coming of the chimp-ocalypse!)

Oliver Franklin-Wallis

Oliver Franklin is Assistant Editor of Wired and a GQ contributor. Follow him on Twitter @olifranklin.